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Passions: Who's In, Who's Out
Due to the significant budget cuts required to renew Passions, the NBC soap's cast is trimming down a touch. Here's a quick rundown on the status of a few Passions players:
Amelia Marshall, the artist also known as vengeful b*tch Liz Sanbourne, is gone. Period.

Am I vexed? You better believe it!

Head writer James E. Reilly opened up such delicious dramatic possibilities when he recently rewrote Liz's family tree so that Whitney and Chad aren't really siblings and their son, Miles, isn't an incest baby.

To recap, Chad is Liz's biological son, not Eve's. And it also turned out that Liz was adopted, so she and Eve aren't even blood sisters. Therefore, their kids are not related. The Chad 'n Whitney yuck factor is eliminated.

However, I feel that this twist could've also added fuel to Liz and Eve's longstanding rivalry. Don't forget that Liz has major abandonment issues — and learning she's adopted sure wouldn't help! Plus, Liz now has a grown son.

With the amazingly talented Amelia Marshall gone, Passions viewers will never enjoy the pleasure of watching Liz digest all of that explosive info and act upon it. What a terrible waste!

If excess baggage had to be jettisoned to save cash, I could think of several Passions actors who should've been cut before Marshall. But I won't name names. Moving on...

In other news, John Reilly (Alistair Crane) vanishes from the Passions canvas along with his crazy daughter Beth and little Marty on July 17. And Sharon Wyatt — who played Alistair's freaky long-lost lover, Rachel — has already quietly faded away.

Now that they're unemployed, there has been recent buzz about Reilly and Wyatt returning to General Hospital as supercouple Sean and Tiffany Donely. It would be great to see them go back to their '80s retro roots, but so far, it's just talk. Stay tuned.

And what about Rodney Van Johnson, whose T.C. Russell character recently ended up hospitalized after a drunk-driving accident? Good news! Van Johnson's still on contract and, word is, T.C. will be featured in story at least through this summer.

Oh, and don't forget about James Stevenson joining Passions on July 21 as Theresa's new love interest.

Sucks for Ameila, but happy that she doesn't have to deal with this show anymore. I loathe Lizzard but I would like to see her in this storyline oh well. I hope Reilly and Wyatt do end up in GH again it be nice.

Yep its obvious after this TC storyline. Rodney is a goner I believe.

yeah thats what im thinking too john.

whatever, this sho NEEDS to cancel. the end.

that fat lard does NOT know how to handle the potential he has...

thanks!!

Damn, I wanted him to name names? Realize he talked of how AMELIA would deal with the revelation that chud is her son, and not Divins. He's already praised Brook in the past, so I wouldn't imagine her name being one he would think should go. Haha, good times.

I'll miss Amelia's talent, but I'd rather it not be wasted at this point. Same with John.

I'm glad that someone is speaking out about Passions wasting it's talent and not sugarcoating it

Liz has potential as a villian, especially to make Eve's life difficult. And let's not forget the dropped storyline of Liz turning Whitney into an alcoholic as revenge. That story could have have GREAT. Makes me mad to think about it everytime. How ironic that as soon as she becomes Chud's mother, JER feels like he has nothing more for this character.

Dang I wanted him to name names.....it's past time that someone did it. Heck, call me I'll tell him who they are.

While I'm sad to see Amelia go it's for the best...her talent can be used elsewhere & @ a better show.

I thought John was coming back fir recurring? was that a misquote?

ITA w/ what you ladies & John had to say.

I am happy for John, Ameila, Kelli, and Sharon to be free from this train wreck.

Question: John and Sharon were really popular at GH right? I think it be reallly nice if they returned to GH. From what I heard and looks like from every source a return is in the making.

66, YES they were hugely popular. Sean and Tiffany are a couples my mom talks about til this day. I think the idea of returning to GH is nice, but that show is just as shitty as Passions these days. Guza would probably do a hackjob with their characters, thus killing the good memories.